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Heptapteridae
Catfish
Heptapterus mustelinus
Silurid Fish beneath South American Waters
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumCatfish is a freshwater fish found around South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 26 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Heptapteridae
- Genus
- Heptapterus
- Maximum length
- 26 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- South America: La Plata and Uruguay River basins and coastal drainages of southern Brazi.
Class
Family
